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After Making Millions, Ex-Lion Charles Rogers Will Lose His Home

On the day Charles Rogers signed his rookie contract with the Detroit Lions, he was handed a $9.1 million signing bonus and was seemingly set for life. At least, he would have been set for life if he had lived his life responsibly. Instead, Rogers repeatedly failed drug tests and was bounced out of the league after...

Judge Orders Charles Rogers to Repay Lions $6.1 Million

DETROIT (AP) -- A judge says former Detroit Lions receiver Charles Rogers must repay $6.1 million to the team.Rogers was suspended for substance abuse in 2005 and was released by the Lions the next year. The team has been trying to recoup two-thirds of his $9.1 million signing bonus.U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook...

Charles Rogers Arrested in Michigan, Charged With Drunk Driving

We're getting pretty close to the point where Charles Rogers' potential as a discussion topic dries up. The former NFL wide receiver had yet another run-in with the law Wednesday when he was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) in Michigan -- the state's version of the more common DUI.Police found...

Pacman Jones Might Have Charles Rogers Riding Shotgun in Winnipeg

There ain't no party like a Winnipeg Blue Bombers party, because the Blue Bombers keep signing players who paved their way out of the NFL because they found more thrills off the field than on it. One day after news of their plans to sign Pacman Jones became public knowledge, the Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting that...

NFL Twitter Mailbag: Charles Rogers, Seahawks' and Cardinals' Defense

Our new NFL Twitter mailbag features reaction from readers to former Lions draft bust Charles Rogers saying he used to smoke marijuana every day, and follows that up with an X's and O's look at the defenses of the Seahawks and the Cardinals.Your questions and comments, and my responses, are below. emfleek: This explains...

Charles Rogers News From the Web

02/07/12 From the Comments: Charles Rogers omission from Hall... Source: The Saginaw News - Saginaw MI When the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame announced its candidates for the Class of 2012, the omission of former Saginaw High, Michigan State and Detroit Lion receiver Charles Rogers raised a few eyebrows.
02/02/12 Charles Rogers left off Saginaw County Sports Hall of... Source: The Saginaw News - Saginaw MI The 2012 Class of inductees for the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame will not include Charles Rogers.
02/01/12 Signing day: Son of deaf parents will join Iowa State... Source: AllDeaf.com Sign language offers Charles Rogers an unlimited number of gestures he can use to communicate.
01/29/12 Detroit Lions, Charles Rogers 'could have been' Pro... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI That's why the Big Ten Network has a tendency to air replays of some of the greatest football games in Big Ten history, to remind us of greatness.